Literacy Test Preparation

1. Literacy Test Preparation Grade 10 History Booklet 2, Section VII: Reading Pages 18, 19, 20 Booklet 1: Section I: Writing Pages 2, 3, 4

2. Booklet 2, Section VII: ReadingPages 18, 19, 20

3. Booklet 2, Section VII: ReadingPages 18, 19, 20 Multiple choice answer key for questions 1-5:

4. Booklet 2, Section VII: ReadingPages 18, 19, 20 Question 6 • Explain how Burd’s project demonstrates the work of a scientist. Use details from the selection and your own ideas to support your answer. This question is awarded a mark of 0, 10, 20 or 30. If the answer space is blank, your writing is illegible or the response is incorrect, the answer will receive a mark of 0.

5. Booklet 2, Section VII: ReadingPages 18, 19, 20 Question 6Explain how Burd’s project demonstrates the work of a scientist. Use details from the selection and your own ideas to support your answer.

6. Booklet 2, Section VII: ReadingPages 18, 19, 20 Question 6Explain how Burd’s project demonstrates the work of a scientist. Use details from the selection and your own ideas to support your answer. Here’s what an answer given a score of 10 looks like:

7. Booklet 2, Section X: ReadingPages 24, 25, 26 Notice how, even though this student filled all of the lines…

8. Booklet 2, Section X: ReadingPages 24, 25, 26 …they received a score of 10 out of 30 because there are no details from the selection to support the response.

9. Booklet 2, Section X: ReadingPages 24, 25, 26 Question 6Explain how Burd’s project demonstrates the work of a scientist. Use details from the selection and your own ideas to support your answer. Here’s what an answer given a score of 30 looks like:

10. Booklet 2, Section X: ReadingPages 24, 25, 26 This student not only clearly gives an example of how the project demonstrates the work of a scientist…

11. Booklet 2, Section X: ReadingPages 24, 25, 26 This student not only clearly gives an example of how the project demonstrates the work of a scientist, but they also explain the example with clear evidence.

12. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4

13. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4

14. This question is awarded a mark of 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or 60 for Topic Development. If the answer space is blank, your writing is illegible or the response is incorrect, the answer will receive a mark of 0.

15. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4

16. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Here’s what an answer given a score of 10 looks like:

17. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Notice how this answer makes use of only one and a half of the provided lines and does not provide any supporting details.

18. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Here’s what an answer given a score of 60 looks like:

19. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Here’s what an answer given a score of 60 looks like: One thing we notice is that this student took the time to write a long, detailed response, filling both of the sheets of paper supplied. Move forward in this presentation to read this student’s response in detail.

20. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4Student Response page 1 One of the most difficult stages in life is being a teenager. Everyone experiences it, and everyone learns from it. Teenagers are at a stage where they believe they know everything. They don’t have a place to fit in as they feel they are more mature than kids, but they are not old enough or responsible enough to be an adult. Teenagers are easily influenced and look to others for advice. One factor that affects a teenager is clothing. Teenagers tend to place too much importance on what they wear as they feel their clothes indicate their status and style, while it also reflects their attempts to imitate celebrates. Teenagers tend to have a low self-esteem and they tend to want the biggest, best and costliest items to raise their self-esteem. Everyone likes to dress well, however teenagers take it to the extreme. Teenagers often look for brand names Suzy Shier, Forever 21, American Eagle and many others. Wearing clothes that come from big business immediately indicates that they are doing well financially.

21. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4Student Response page 2 Teenagers rarely inherit their style, instead they look at what the celebrities are wearing and try to imitate them. They think that if famous people are wearing it, it must be “cool” or “fashionably stylish.” Some role-models teenage girls look up to are Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and Vanessa Hudgens. All three of these young celebrities dress with their own style. Businesses are also on the lookout for the latest trends as they wish to satisfy the customer by providing them with the latest trends. Boys also look up to celebrities for fashion advice. While Justin Bieber and ZacEfron sport contrasting styles, they are both accepted by the society. Brand name items are also promoted by athletes who many teenagers also look up to. Andy Roddick, an American tennis player, promotes Costa Blanca.

22. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4Student Response page 3 Many businesses target teenagers as they are aware of these emerging tastes and their longing to belong. Some trends which have stayed in style for many years are the fitted and the snapback hats, flats and converse, and skinny jeans. Teenagers have been following these trends as they have been successful in the years before. They are not as willing to try anything new as they fear it might be accepted by the society. Many teenagers fall a prey to impulse buying as they are not always sure of what they want and instead look around seeing what the stores offer and how they look on the models. Teenagers want to fit in and they feel that they can only do that if they dress alike. Styles of clothing as worn by celebrities is marked up on price as the demand is high. When teenagers wear expensive clothing they get attention—a lot of attention. This attention indicates their status and also their popularity—two aspects of a teenager’s life that they value greatly. The media puts a lot of pressure on teenagers and they react by simply trying to imitate the pros-celebrities, people who are adored by society.

23. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Here’s what the evaluators said about this answer ,which was given a score of 60 for Topic Development: A clear and consistent opinion is developed with sufficient specific supporting details around aspects of self-esteem (financial success, style, social acceptance). Reasons are developed with thoughtfully chosen specific details and examples (some role models teenage girls look up to are Selena Gomez…; Brand names are promoted by athletes who many teenagers look up to. Andy Roddick, an American tennis player promotes Costa Blanca; Some trends which have stayed in style for many years are the fitted and snapback hats, flats and converse and skinny jeans). The organization is coherent and demonstrates a thoughtful progression of ideas. The introduction sets up a context for the statement of opinion. Each body paragraph is focused. The conclusion summarizes without simply repeating the main ideas of the argument. Each paragraph flows smoothly from one to another.

24. This question is also awarded a mark of 0, 10, 20, 30 or 40 for Writing Conventions.

25. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4

26. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Here’s what an answer given a score of 10 for Writing Conventions looks like:

27. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Notice that this answer is so short that there is not enough evidence to evaluate writing conventions:

28. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Here’s what an answer given a score of 40 for Writing Conventions looks like: Move forward in this presentation to read this student’s response in detail.

29. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 A score of 40 for Writing Convention: Page 1

30. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 A score of 40 for Writing Convention: Page 2

31. Booklet 1: Section I: WritingPages 2, 3, 4 Here’s what the evaluators said about this answer, which was given a score of 40 for Writing Conventions: Control of conventions is evident. The response demonstrates consistent and correct use of conventions (sentence structure, punctuation and spelling) expected by the end of Grade 9.

32. Good luck on the OSSLT!